The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

Benefit to which increase applies				Increase for qualifying child	Increase for adult dependant
			(1)	(2)	(3)
				£	£
1A.(1)	Short-term incapacity benefit—
	(a)	where the beneficiary is under pensionable age;		11∙35	47∙65
	(b)	where the beneficiary is over pensionable age.		11∙35	58∙90
2.	Long-term incapacity benefit.			11∙35	61∙20
4.	Widowed mother’s allowance.			11∙35	—
4A.(2)	Widowed parent’s allowance.			11∙35	—
5.	Category A or B retirement pension.			11∙35	65∙70
6.	Category C retirement pension.			11∙35	39∙30
8.	Severe disablement allowance.			11∙35	36∙75
9.(3)	Carer’s allowance.			11∙35	36∙55

(1)

Paragraph 1A was inserted and paragraph 2 substituted by Article 4(5) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

(2)

Paragraph 4A was inserted by paragraph 13 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(3)

Paragraph 9 was amended by Article 2(2)(a)(vii) of S.R. 2002 No. 321